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| Soul Clinic |
| February, 2008 |
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Afi / Lovely (Afi Soul)
pronounced "ah-fee", "neo-soul" with
smooth "adult contemporary" flavor, emotional female singer from Washington
D.C.
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Roman Carter / Never slow down (Bong Load)
modern blues with downhome feel, soulful
vocals with guitar, light touch of R&B on some tracks, ex legendary The
Carter Brothers
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Rapture 7 (House of Sound Music)
7 piece male gospel group with R&B
flavor, smooth R&B inspired vocals with harmony, no hard Jesus shout, worth
listening if you're group buff (CD-R)
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The Littlejohn Brothers / Real joy ( - )
8 piece male gospel group with light
"traditional R&B" influence, soulful lead singers with chorus
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| February 2, 2008 |
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Chimere / Turn me up (Southern Chocolate Inc.)
Chimere Scott from Atlanta, female R&B with "Chaka Khan" influence,
"old meets new" type
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Ricomiguel / Better days (Wealthy Music Inc.)
contemporary gospel meets "funky music, jazz and Prince type R&B",
personaly I don't like such sounds so much
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| February 3, 2008 |
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Joseph Wooten / Hands of soul (Xplosive Joseph Music)
soulful R&B with full emotion, a bit "funk" or "jazz" tastes on some
tracks, worth trying
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S.O.L.E. ( - )
5 piece male group R&B with harmony
from Washiongton D.C. area, grown and sexy with hiphop flava, 9 songs
(CD-R)
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| February ‚S, 2008 |
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Hurricane / Do you remember ( - )
really soulful & dyanamic R&B with "southern" flavor, almost all
slowies, male singer from California, well-worth trying! (CD-R)
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| February 5, 2008 |
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K-Nova / Unstoppable (LaVista)
contemporary R&B with hiphop fringe, emotional male singer from Georgia,
lots of slowies, not bad and try......
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Brandon Waller / Where do we go from here? (PK)
the son of Bruce Waller of Virginia's most
famed show business family "The Fantastic Waller Family", urban R&B with
light hiphop touch, catchy hooks yet emotional
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| February 6, 2008 |
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Carlton J. Smith / Diagram of a relationship (Exile)
a concept album that focuses on an entire
relationship, sounds mixture of oldschool R&B, contemporary R&B and
funk, you'll love some oldschool tracks like "I'd better""Love"
etc.
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| February 7, 2008 |
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The Steelers / Steelers loves you ( - )
Chicago's veteran group, features "Obama
gonna get it", oldschool vocals with harmony, some nice tracks here and there
(CD-R)
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Gordon Nelson Jr. / Whisper in my mind ( - )
a former backup singer with Gloria Gaynor,
mixture of urban R&B, dance, haouse music and pop, some emotional slow
songs, not bad and try... (CD-R)
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Ces / Snap & pose ( - )
female R&B/pop crossover with light
hiphop feel from Chicago (CD-R)
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Amir (The Prince) / Grown & sexy E.P. (Babee Songs)
R&B rap mix, hiphop > "classic
R&B" (mini CD, CD-R)
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| February 8, 2008 |
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Wendell B. / Time to relax...love, life & relationships (Select O
Hits)
Wenell Brown, full of EMOTIONAL and
SOULFUL slowies with light "southern" flavor, you should try if you like his
previous albums, well-worth listening
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| February 9, 2008 |
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S. Tuck / Stuck in love(T Mobb)
emotional R&B with light "oldscchool"
influence, some "pop" feel, male singer from Ohio, not bad (CD-R)
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V.A. / City teacher (EXpansion)
the original sound track album produced by
Preston Glass, mxture of R&B, pop and rap, you'll love Lenny Williams's
"Inner city rainbow" or Freda Payne's "Welcome to the human race"
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Curt Foster & The Revelations / It could of been me ( - )
4 piece male gospel group with light
"southern R&B" influence (CD-R)
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| February 10, 2008 |
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Bridgette Angelique / Plan B (Sound Squeeze)
urban R&B with well-written songs,
today's sounds with catchy or "pop" flavors
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Maria Montez Jacobs / All of me (Legacy Music)
contemporary gospel with R&B influence
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Soul Dean / Presents the cipher soul revival (Ciper Sul Entertainment)
mixture of urban R&B, neo-soul and hiphop, male singer from New York,
Donny Hathaway influence? (CD-R)
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Carole Fredericks / Couleurs et parfums (CDF Music Legacy)
Caifornia-born female singer, now active in France, sultry R&B with a
touch of gospel, jazz and blues, sung in English or French, reissue with bonus
track "Veille"
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Derryck Lawrence / Are you ready (Jazz Tree)
mixture of urban R&B, hiphop and light "reggae" sound with his own
SOULFUL voice, lots of emotional slowies or midtempos, not bad (CD-R)
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J. Winston (Millhouse Productions)
emotional "neo-soul" sounds with Maxwell
flavor, some traditional soul (like Marvin or Donny) influence also
(CD-R)
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Jsoul / Love soldier (Blackout Studios)
followup release to his "Urban
retrospective" album by this Baltimore based male singer, well balanced
production from slow to uptempo songs, urban R&B with a touch of
hiphop
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Tony Drake / Touched by an angel (Rck House)
do not confuse with another same name
singer, he's blind and autistic singer discoved by Roy Roberts, southern blues'n
soul sounds
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Four Deuces featuring Lord Luther / Resurrection (LL Productions)
really new recordings? old old R&B wth doowop, blues or oldies
flavors, 7 tracks only (mini CD, CD-R)
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Jennifer Trijo ( - )
Australia-based singer, pop/R&B with
Akicia Keys! style, 3 songs (CD single)
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| February 11, 2008 |
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Adrian / Steppin out (CreAcetionz)
smooth R&B with "grown and sexy"
flavor, mainly slowies, male singer from Florida (CD-R)
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N'Dambi / Tunin up & co-signin (Cheeky-i Productions)
the second album by this former Erykah
Badu background singer, sophisticted jazzy "neo-soul" singer with funky touch,
worth listening, 2 CD set
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Brenda Delasanta / Songs from the soul (Soultex)
mixture of R&B, jazz and blues, light
"southern" flavor here and there
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| February 12, 2008 |
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K-L-E / Kle (K-L-E)
blue-eyed but emotional R&B singer
with heavy "rap" mix, his second album
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Gary Brown / Comin' home (Gabbro)
singer/sax player, mixture of traditional
R&B, blues and funky music, deep and groovy
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| February 13, 2008 |
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Mikki Time / Come take a ride with me!! (TGFM Production Studio)
soulful female R&B vocals, some gospel
roots? "traditional meets modern" type singings
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Drea / Love affair (SoundDoc Entertainment)
urban female singer with jazzy feeling, singer/song writer/producer from
New York
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Pollydore / New oldies goldies (2) (WP)
versatile male "oldschool R&B" singer around Long Island, mixture of
old R&B, blues and carribean, sounds "home brew", he released at least 9
another albums in the same vein (CD-R)
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Bruce Matthew / The black negative (B.A.L.L.)
mixture of urban, pop and hiphop, mainly downtempo songs, sounds a bit
low-key sometimes (CD-R)
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| February 14, 2008 |
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Dani Love ( - )
jazzy yet smooth R&B singer a la Nancy
Wilson, sophisticated yet emotional singings, 7 songs only (mini
CD)
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Xia Dove / Intimate (Let It Flor Inc.)
sensual R&B with her Asian roots, lots
of emotional ballads
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| February 15, 2008 |
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Michael Hart / Serious (Spirit Filled)
really gospel music? sounds "soulful
R&B", lots of emotional slowies in R&B manner, followup release to his
"Forever" album, worth listening this!
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David G / Southern blues with a twist (Laryan)
title says all, southern R&B jam with
downhome feel, soulful voiced singer
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| February 16, 2008 |
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J Banks / Doin it my way ( - )
really soulful R&B singer (Jamie
Bankston) from Oakland, contemporary R&B with hiphop swaggers, worth
trying!
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Ty Causey / Body language (Tyvonn Music)
peviously unreleased project? smooth
R&B with emotional singings, some "quiet storm" flavor also, not bad really
and try ....
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| February 17, 2008 |
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Hardway Connection / Southern soul runpin (Hardway Inc.)
groovy southern R&B band featuring
emotional male/female singers, more smooth or catchy than their previous
albums
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Called Worship / Forever ( - )
5 piece male gospel group with R&B
flavor, no hard "Jesus" shout but with "Boyz II Men" influence
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Mister King / Take shape ( - )
male singer/keyboardist born and raised in
Philadelphia, son of the late Anna King (ex James Brown revue), mixture of
urban, neo-soul and poetry
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| February 18, 2008 |
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Bobby Washington / Gutta love (B-DUBB)
more hiphip than before but full of
emotional, romantic and sexy slowies! worth trying
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Linda Griner / Care for me (Linda Griner Music)
still remember her Motown single in the
'60s? "Lyn Roman" in other name, mixture of R&B, pop, dance and house
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The Dixons / Everything (Underground)
five piece male group from Fresno, smooth
R&B with funk or opldschool flavors, DeBarge type? (CD-R)
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Mary Davis/ The light of the world (Cosmos Gospel)
contemporary gospel with R&B
influence, 3 songs (CD single)
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| February 19, 2008 |
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Angela Johnson / A woman's touch (Purpose)
followup release to her "Got to let it go"
album on '05, urban R&B with "neo-soul" touch, try if you like Julie Dexter
or other female "neo-soul" singers
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Donnie Fritts / One foot in the groove (LMR)
veteran blue-eyed singer/song-writer from
Muscle Sholas, Alabama, his usual "mixture of southern-soul, country, funk,
swamp and a little rock" sounds
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James Ray / It's my turn (Legit)
smooth R&B with oldshool or "pop"
flavors, originaly released in 1999? soulful voice but sounds a bit
monotonous
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D.R. Payne / In his time ( - )
contemporary gospel witth light R&B
influence, many emotional slow songs without hard Jesus shout
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| February 20, 2008 |
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Issiah Haynes / Personal (Hsaynes Music Group)
the most R&B sides of contemporary
gospel, worth listening if you usualy listen to R&B only (CD-R)
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General Vee / Salute ( - )
"soulful or classic R&B" meets
"hiphop"? some emotional R&B vocals
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Mink White / Mink (Apochie)
contemporary urban pop R&B, 3 songs 5
versions (CD single)
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| February 21, 2008 |
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Confection (One Stop Funk Shop Recordings)
one of the best Australian R&B, all groovy tunes by soulful female singer, don't forget to read our article about them, CONFECTION
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| February 22, 2008 |
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D.L. Wilson / The lost chronicles of (A.P.M.G. Entertainment)
really emotional and smooth R&B singer
with "grown & sexy" mood, ballads & steppers, worth trying this
(CD-R)
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Frank Lucas / Dirty ol' man (Jamstone)
funky southern R&B with hiphop flavor,
sounds "raw", sometimes "rough" (mini CD, CD-R)
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| February 23, 2008 |
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Ashanti Munir / Balance (Grooveallegiance USA)
Boston native female singer, urban R&B
with jazzy sophistication, lots of emotional slowies (CD-R)
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Melanie Dumas / Miss you wanna kiss you (dRoy)
blend of urban soulfulness and
southern deep-down feeling, female singer from Arkansas, 2 songs 3 versions, try
if you like female southern soul like Dorothy Moore (CD single, CD-R)
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Kev. o / 4 singles only! ( - )
urban R&B with jazz influence, Kevin
Owens from Washington D.C., 6 songs 9 versions (mini CD, CD-R)
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| February 24, 2008 |
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C-Smoove / Memories (Smoove Music)
he defines his music as "urban soul pop",
smoothly sung emotional slowies in a romantic mood (CD single,
CD-R)
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Madafi / No lie relaxer (If Adam Music)
so called "smooth neo-soul"? urban sounds
with jazzy feeling, female singer from New York (CD-R)
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| February 25, 2008 |
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K-Ci & JoJo / Love (Formula Entertainment)
their first album in this 5 years! all
remakes of Japanese songs with their ULTRA SOULFUL singings, Japanese
release
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Alexander O'Neal / Alex loves (Avex Trax)
all remakes of R&B goodies from '60s to '90s like "Secret
lovers""Always & forver""When a man loves a woman" etc., still CAN sing
"love songs" with full emotion, Japanese release
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| February 26, 2008 |
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Promise / Promises ( - )
the debut album by this soulful male
singer from Georgia, lots of slow-midtempo jams with today's beat, worth trying
this!
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Jimmy Roland! / The singles ( - )
mixture of R&B, dance, house, jazz and
pop, soulful voiced singer, sometimes sounda like Luther Vandross
(CD-R)
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Robert "Soup" Campbell / Women : men's woes and soulful feelings ( -
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more downhome blues'n soul sounds with
southern flavor (CD-R)
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| February 27, 2008 |
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Abri / Sunchild (Flicker Show)
incredibly Dubai (of U.A.E.) based 4 piece
male group featuring Hamdan Al Abri as lead singer, harmony R&B with jazzy
feeling, all sung in English, better than expected....
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Damion Cantrekk / Setting the mood ( - )
urban R&B sounds with light hiphop
flavor, someimes sounds smooth sometimes a bit "retro" (CD-R)
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Damion Cantrell / Crazy ( - )
emotional R&B ballad, one song from
above album (CD single, CD-R)
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| February 28, 2008 |
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Devohn Sutton / So sexy ( - )
smoothly sung but soulful R&B from
North Carokina, "urban" meets "southern", worth checkin' this
(CD-R)
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| February 29, 2008 |
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Shante / Be like you (70West Publishing)
Shante Hunt from Ohio, spiritual lyrics
but sounda like "neo-soul", try if you like Jill Scott, 7 songs only (mini
CD)
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Duke / Get the funk out of here (Bone To Groove)
funk'n R&B album from France, self
made musician/band who's using harmony and melody on a feep funk, Fred Wesley on
the trombone, some groovy R&B vocals
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Lou Jones / Pullin out in midstroke EP (Pryor 2 What? Music
Publishing)
mixture of R&B, G-funk and hiphop, 4
songs only (CD single, CD-R)
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